Michigan Association for Justice conducting Winter Meeting, Jan. 14

The Michigan Association for Justice will conduct its 2022 Winter Meeting on Friday, January 14, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton in Novi, 27000 S. Karevich Dr. in Novi. There will be three tracks offered at the meeting: - MAJ's Medical Malpractice Seminar (plaintiff members only), with co-moderators MAJ Past Presidents Jesse Reiter and Judy Susskind. Topics and speakers featured in this track include: -The Power of Visual Persuasion, with Sarah King of Clifford Law Offices PC, Chicago -How to Optimize Your Damages/Case Value, with Matt Turner of Sommers Schwartz PC -A Different Way to Develop Your Case, with Jonathan Lomurro of Lomurro Law, Freehold, NJ -The Top 8 Most Impactful Appellate Decisions, with Mark Granzotto of Mark Granzotto PC - MAJ's Premises Liability Seminar: Autopsy of a Premises Case (MAJ members only), with moderator Todd Stearn. Topics and speakers featured in this track include: -$2.3 Million Verdict in Genesee County Due to the Negligence of a Landlord in Failing to Maintain a Flight of Stairs and a Handrail, with Solomon Radner of Ven Johnson Law PLC -7 Figure Settlement Due to Ladder Slipping on Overly Slippery Concrete Floor, with Christopher Baratta of Baratta & Baratta PC -Significant Settlement for Fall Down an Unguarded, Open Elevator Shaft Requiring Suit Against 13 Separate Contractors, with Janet Hamilton of Janet L. Hamilton PLLC -$975,000.00 Settlement for Crumbing Porch and Steps at a Rental Property; $225,000.00 Settlement for Slip and Fall on a Freshly Mopped Floor of a Fast-Food Establishment; and $111,500.00 Settlement for Standing Water at the Entrance to a Casino, with Brian Kutinsky of Malin & Kutinsky -Significant Settlement for Development of Legionnaires Disease from Defendant's Poorly Maintained Hot Tub, with Paul Doherty of Ven Johnson Law -$1.9 Million Settlement for Social Guest of an Apartment Tentant Falling on Defective Stairway, with moderator Todd Stearn of Law Offices of Todd J. Stearn PLC - MAJ's Workers' Compensation Seminar/Social Security Seminar, with co-moderators Andrea Hamm, Jeffrey Kaufmann, Sean Shearer, and William Watkinson. Topics and speakers featured in this track include: -Social Security Disability State of the Law, with Josh McFarland of Jay Trucks & Assoc PC -Workers' Compensation State of the Law, with Jacob Bender of Cooper & Bender PC -Workers' Compensation Agency Issues, with Workers' Compensation Director Jack Nolish -National Workers' Compensation Issues, with WILG President Mack Babcock of The Babcock Law Firm LLC, Denver -Magistrate Panel, with Workers' Compensation Magistrates Kevin Kales, Richard Ehrlich, Emil Ognisanti, and Chris Slater -Social Security Disability Federal Appeals, with Beth Versical of Kwitoski & Associates -Orthopedic Injuries, with Dr. Justin Schupbach of Insight Orthopedic Specialists -New Workers' Compensation Rules, with MAJ Past President Robert MacDonald of MacDonald & MacDonald PLLC Prices vary for each track at the 2022 Winter Convention. COVID vaccines are required to attend and masks are recommended but not required. To register or for additional information, visit www.michiganjustice.org and click on "Events." Published: Tue, Dec 28, 2021